Decision underscores CVS Caremark's role in the evolving health care marketplace; Company pledges to help millions of Americans quit smoking through robust national campaignbr CVS Caremark announced today that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 CVSpharmacy stores across the U.S. by October 1, 2014, making CVSpharmacy the first national pharmacy chain to take this step in support of the health and well-being of its patients and customers.